The Flight of the Phoenix
A downed cargo crew in the Sahara must rally around a brilliant but untested aircraft designer who proposes building a functional plane from the wreckage—racing against dwindling supplies and deadly sandstorms to survive.
“Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement!”
Synopsis
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
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Principal cast & crew: 17
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Edited by Michael LucianoShot by Joseph F BirocScored by Frank De Vol
Box Office
1965 · Box office
Produced on a $5.4M budget
Production budget
$5.4M
Also known as
- Der Flug des Phoenixde
- Der Flug des Phönixde
- El vuelo del Fénixes
- Le vol du Phénixfr
- Le Vol du Phœnixfr
- Il volo della feniceit
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Cast & Crew
17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
James Stewart
as Frank Towns
Richard Attenborough
as Lew Moran
Peter Finch
as Captain Harris
Ian Bannen
as Crow
Christian Marquand
as Dr. Renaud
Dan Duryea
as Standish
George Kennedy
as Bellamy
Hardy Kruger
as Heinrich Dorfmann
Ernest Borgnine
as Trucker Cobb
Ronald Fraser
as Sergeant Watson
James Stewart Nm0000071
as Frank Towns
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1Other crew
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